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Great info once again Spence and I believe that you are correct.

Also, after doing some more and more research, I have come to believe, that the inkle loom is most likely a modified rigid heddle loom, just made small and easier to use.

Now as for PC patterns, I am not finding many patterns of than the "plains" patterns, which are just different variations of stuff I already do.

I am enjoying everyone's comments, I appreciate the time giving for creative criticism and to help me get better at my craft.
 
I'm sorry, am I missing something?

When I first weaved, I learned with acrylic wool blends because they were cheaper.. Now I only use pure cotton or wool...

Not sure what's wrong with that?
 
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I have not done this in the last few years because my eyes went bad, but before that I used to also contact Colonial Williamsburg Tradesmen through email to ask questions on how they did things during the period. I was surprised how quickly and thoroughly they answered questions. I got information that way from the Gun Shop, the Cordwainer, the Furniture Shop and other trades I was interested in.

So another source for you might be to contact them. I tried to find the quick link to it and don't remember/couldn't find it, but you might try this contact. Even if it is not the right person to contact, she may be able to put you in touch with them:
http://research.history.org/contact/training/

Gus
 
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I wouldn't presume to speak for everyone but I certainly wasn't offended by your work. In fact, as a fellow Inkle loom user, I was very favorably impressed by your work. What you are seeing and reading is not an attack on you or your work, rather it is a debate. Debates are not at all uncommon on this forum. It is a way of learning. Stick with us and just take it for what it is, a debate and no more.

Okay, nay sayers, I am admitting to my ignorance in this area so what say ye? :idunno:
Were woven straps not used during the early pre-colonial and colonial days? If so, and the Inkle loom was not available, they used something to produce the straps. If woven straps were available in that day, then is the Inkle loom not just another way to produce an item of that period. Designs aside, are Inkle woven straps unique to an Inkle loom? Wouldn't Inkle simply be the loom on which a strap was woven, not the product thereby produced. If woven straps existed in that day, did they differ from a strap woven on an Inkle loom? If so, how? :hmm:
 
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Let's ask the question a different way:
Can anyone provide examples of woven tapes used in the "colonies" from the period (let's say 1700-1850) that have documented provenances? We are talking about museum/collection pieces, not "reproductions".

Please exclude finger-woven, as these appear to have ample documentation.
 
Doddridge wrote:

"Young as I was, I was possessed of an art which was of great use. It was that of weaving shot-pouch straps, belts and garters. I could make my loom and weave a belt in less than one day. Having a piece of board about four feet long, an inch auger, spike gimlet, and a drawing knife, I needed no other tools or materials for making my loom."

An informed weaver on another forum years ago, discussing the simple looms described in my post above, wrote:

"The resulting weave from such a heddle-frame type of loom is referred to as a "plain weave", and the odds are better than good that Doddridge was using such a loom to weave belts as a child. Although the simple Inkle looms seen at some (poorly juried) events are an early twentieth century invention, they accomplish the same job in only a slightly different and much quicker manner and an item produced on an Inkle loom is probably as authentic as the materials from which it's woven. In other words, beware the proliferation of acrylic yarn and aniline dies."



"In any event, with this information in mind we can speculate that a white frontiersman with minimal contact with his Native neighbors probably wore a heddle-woven or plain-weave sash of linen or hemp. Those with more contact with Natives, might well have acquired finger-woven items. Even that is not 100%, though. Heddle-frames were certainly known to the Huron (based on an existing artifact) and of course Navajo rugs have been woven for many, many, many generations on a simple heddle-frame.
Swanny"

Pictures of simple tape looms are to be found on the web.

Spence
 
Can we say with certainty whether the material around the border is "tape" or a strip of material that has been folded and sewn to cover the raw edge?
 
I honestly don't know and my eyes are not nearly good enough to discern it from a photo online. That's why I used a question mark.

Here is a link to original 18th century Garters that show some period tapes, but most or all are from Europe.
http://www.larsdatter.com/18c/garters.html

I'm trying to find a really good link I had that shows online original period clothing and accessories, but I haven't found it yet.

Gus
 
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